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The most important issue in a gay man’s life is not “coming out”, but coming to terms with the invalidating past. Despite the progress made in recent years, many gay men still wonder, “Are we better off?” The byproduct of growing up gay in a straight world continues to be the internalization of shame, rejection, and anger - a toxic cocktail that can lead to drug abuse, promiscuity, alcoholism, depression, and suicide.

Married Eva Griffin has been caught with a prominent congressman, and is ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid hush money to protect the politician. But first Perry Mason tracks down the publisher of the blackmailing tabloid and discovers a shocking secret, which eventually leads to Mason being accused of murder. This is the first Perry Mason mystery and our introduction to secretary Della Street, detective Paul Drake, and the great lawyer himself.

Velvet is a seven-episode fiction podcast that explores intimacy and connection on the asexual spectrum. Through lush storytelling, immersive sound design, and a bold narrative, Velvet redefines what it means to experience pleasure beyond sex. Launching during Asexual Awareness Week 2025 in partnership with Taimi and The Pleasure Project, the series gives voice to a community too often overlooked and affirms a simple truth: asexual people deserve pleasure. visit link tree.com/velvetpodcast for more asexual resources!

Masquerading as a widowed French comtesse, Gabrielle de Beaucaire returns to England to destroy the man responsible for her lover's death and sets out to seduce Nathaniel Praed, Britain's greatest spymaster, into letting her become a secret agent.

Velvet is a laundress in a Victorian steam laundry. With both her mother and father dead, she is an orphan and has to rely upon her own wits to make a living. The laundry's work is back-breaking and Velvet is desperate to create a better life for herself. Then Velvet is noticed by Madame Savoya, a famed medium, who asks Velvet to come to work for her. Velvet is dazzled at first by the young yet beautifully dressed and bejewelled Madame.

மலேசியாவிலிருந்து பீஜிங் புறப்பட்ட விமானம் என்னவாயிற்று? யாருமே நினைத்து பார்க்க முடியாத ஒரு சாத்தியம் இருந்தது. அதை ஜெட் வேகத்தில் சொல்கிறது இந்த வெல்வெட் குற்றங்கள்.

In Velvet Creek kennt jeder jeden und normalerweise ist die größte Aufregung der neueste Tratsch von Miss Penny. Bis zu dem Tag, an dem Annie Sawyer vom neuen Dorfpolizisten Dean Huntington angehalten und direkt wie eine Schwerverbrecherin behandelt wird. Nur dumm, dass Annie sich nicht einschüchtern lässt und hinter seiner harten Fassade einen gebrochenen Mann vermutet. Als sie beschließt, ihm zu helfen, ahnt sie nicht, dass Deans dunkle Vergangenheit sie beide in tödliche Gefahr bringt. Plötzlich steht in dem verschlafenen Örtchen nicht nur ihr Herz auf dem Spiel, sondern ihr Leben.

Als die Sterne fielen, kehrten die Götter in unsere Welt zurück und mit ihnen die Magie. Seit diesem Tag träumte Velvet von der Aufnahme in einen Hexenzirkel, aber Schicksal und Verrat zwangen ihr einen anderen Weg auf: den einer Dämonenreiterin. Doch dämonische Kräfte sind unberechenbar, und als sie Velvet eines Tages mit Visionen einer brennenden Zukunft fluten, entdeckt sie, dass ein magisches Virus die unsterblichen Götter auszulöschen droht.

Lisa Lomé runs an intimacy lab. Each episode of her podcast is a soft, persuasive “protocol”—a voice-spell, a whispered affirmation you can replay like a charm, a sensual mantra. Lisa’s teasing language feels like a caress. Erotic witchcraft meets futuristic, AI-powered charm-casting in a “sweet hex.” Think paranormal, romantic dark-pop vibes—but spoken. Think slam poetry and magical realism. Think lip-sync sorcery, delicious promises that deliver after dark: flirtatious incantations the listener can mirror back.You’ll hear your own desires in Lisa Lomé’s voice as she ...

No man ever made her scream and beg for release. Until now, I say. She claims I'm asking for the impossible. I will prove her wrong. I always get what I want. Always. She's a professional, paid to lie and seduce, but those tricks won't work on me. I don't want her insincere moans and fake smiles. I want the real thing - and I know how to get it. Because I know it's not her body that needs to be conquered - it's her mind. But our relationship rests on unsound footing, a contract and nothing more.

Dr. Sara Hudson has dedicated her life to her patients. Unable to turn anyone away, she sacrifices more and more of herself to them, trying to do the impossible by helping everyone. Her tight knit network of friends are one of the few things that have kept her sane, but after 10 years of putting everything into her career, she is hurtling headlong into burnout. A chance encounter one evening sets her on an unforeseen path that just might change the way she lives her life.

I've fallen for a monster. A man who doesn't ask for what he wants—he takes. And now, he's taken me. Rowan Miller isn’t who I thought he was. He's Nero De Luca, the ex-consigliere of a notorious New York mob family, and he's been lying to me from the moment we met. If I return home to Darkwater Hollow, it will be a death sentence. But staying with Nero means diving headfirst into the perilous underworld of New York—a place I’m ill-equipped to navigate.

Als Mackenzie Bennett nach einem Reitunfall die Diagnose Epilepsie erhält, ändert sich ihr Leben schlagartig. Kenzie flieht nach London und kehrt erst nach ihrem Studium auf das Gestüt Goldcrest Manor zurück. Dort hat sich in ihrer Abwesenheit einiges verändert - bis auf Julians Verhalten. Doch als sie zusammenarbeiten müssen, um ein wichtiges Event für das Gestüt zu organisieren, lernt sie endlich den Grund für seine Veränderung.

Pretending to date my handsome new housemate was already a bad idea, but then I discover he’s no ordinary guy—he’s a mobster in hiding. And in this story, he’s not the hero, but the wicked villain. Rowan Miller isn’t used to hearing the word “no.” I guess when you’re 6’5, gorgeously tattooed, and sculpted like a Michelangelo masterpiece, women tend to throw themselves at you. But in a small town like Darkwater Hollow, a reputation as a womanizer will catch up with you—and your business—eventually.

Enter The Velvet Veil, where the old stories breathe, shadows remember, and forgotten spirits still whisper their truths. Here, folklore meets mystery in a world draped in velvet and smoke—inviting you to listen closely, question everything, and follow the threads most people avoid. Cross the threshold. The veil has already lifted.

From the Diary of Leonie Noirot: The perfect corset should invite its undoing . . . Lethally charming Simon Blair, Marquess of Lisburne, has reluctantly returned to London for one reason only: a family obligation. Still, he might make time for the seduction of a certain redheaded...

Bella James is desperate to save her struggling event planning business, but her latest job plunges her into Manhattan’s most decadent world—a place of dazzling lights, whispered secrets, and power games played behind closed doors. Nothing could prepare her for Adrian Kane: ruthless in the boardroom, commanding in the bedroom, and never denied what he desires.

The Velvet Underground and Nico has influenced the sound of more bands than any other album. And remarkably, it still sounds as fresh and challenging today as it did upon its release in 1967. In this book, Joe Harvard covers everything from Lou Reed's lyrical genius to John Cale's groundbreaking instrumentation, and from the creative input of Andy Warhol to the fine details of the recording process. With input from co-producer Norman Dolph and Velvets fan Jonathan Richman, Harvard documents the creation of a record which - in the eyes of many - has never been matched.

National Velvet is a classic tale of dreams, ambition and one girl's belief in a horse. Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle, she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps, and he'll do anything for Velvet. Soon she and her friend, Mi, have their sights set on the biggest race in England. But can a girl win the Grand National?

For the love of her vampire suitor, Karl, Charlotte has forsaken her human life. Now her only contact with people is when she hunts them down to feed. Her thirst for blood repulses her but its fulfilment brings ecstasy. The one light in the shadows is the passion that burns between her and Karl. A love that it seems will last for eternity - until Karl's former lover, the seductively beautiful Katerina, is rescued from the Crystal Ring. For nearly fifty years she has lain, as dead, in the icy depths of the Weisskalt.